kurzschluss1
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Hi. I'm brewing my first ever beer from a kit right now: Brewers Best Kolsch.
I made it and got it into the primary fermenter on Sunday afternoon. It was fermenting slowly them vigorously peaking yesterday evening at the 24hr mark. At its peak yesterday when it was fermenting I smelled the air coming out of the air lock and it smelled great. This evening I checked it and the bubbles have reduced significantly and I smelled the air again and it smelled more fruity.
This freaked me out so I went on the internet and it looks like I may have been fermenting it at too high of a temperature?
The room I had it in probably stayed between 72 to 77 degrees for those initial 48 hours which I now realize is probably too warm. I just moved it into the garage where I think the temperature should be in the upper 50s and 60s for at least the next 24 hrs. Maybe even colder after that if the weather starts acting wintry again.
Have I ruined this batch? Will it heal itself? Any sage advice out there for me to correct it?
Thanks!
I made it and got it into the primary fermenter on Sunday afternoon. It was fermenting slowly them vigorously peaking yesterday evening at the 24hr mark. At its peak yesterday when it was fermenting I smelled the air coming out of the air lock and it smelled great. This evening I checked it and the bubbles have reduced significantly and I smelled the air again and it smelled more fruity.
This freaked me out so I went on the internet and it looks like I may have been fermenting it at too high of a temperature?
The room I had it in probably stayed between 72 to 77 degrees for those initial 48 hours which I now realize is probably too warm. I just moved it into the garage where I think the temperature should be in the upper 50s and 60s for at least the next 24 hrs. Maybe even colder after that if the weather starts acting wintry again.
Have I ruined this batch? Will it heal itself? Any sage advice out there for me to correct it?
Thanks!